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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
VERY nice! And you got two of them Shocked

But at least I got my signed copy of Gerjan's book today. It can't possibly get more immaculate than that! Smile


PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Congrats!! Shocked


PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spotmatic wrote:
VERY nice! And you got two of them Shocked

But at least I got my signed copy of Gerjan's book today. It can't possibly get more immaculate than that! Smile


I finally have a signed copy on the way direct from Gerjan! Now I have to wait for it to come over The Pond and go through 5 drug sniffing dogs. Laughing


PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
CarbonR wrote:
[photos] This is one of the 400 SMC Takumar 15/3.5 aspherical that would have been produced in 1975, designed with Zeiss. I saw it only 4 times on Ebay in ~2years and a half. I'm waiting a second one, and this is not a joke Razz


Shocked my dream lens! and you will have TWO soon? Shocked

Very happy for you (somewhat envious too!) Cheers!


PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:44 pm    Post subject: Re: My Takumar collection ( from 15 to 1000mm ) Reply with quote
You are missing the wonderful 70-150 Super Takumar Zoom!

Shame on you! lol

Doug


(PS for a reasonable sum, one in near mint form could be with you in a blink...) lol



CarbonR wrote:
Welcome !

Here is a post about my Takumar collection. It had been updated the 03/08/09, with pics taken the 31/07/09. I'll present here all I consider as my collection (I have some other lenses/bodies). So, here are the results of 17 months of research, mainly Ebay buyings (all pics are click-able to show bigger versions) :

(other pictures are available along the topic)

24x36 M42 system

General pic :



Filters (46mm O2 not pictured, 77mm UV on the 300/4) :



Miror adapter, release cable, microscope adapter II, cased angle and macro finders :



Bodies list :
Asahi Pentax K black
Asahi Spotmatic SPII black
Asahi Spotmatic SP chrome
Asahi Spotmatic S1a chrome
Asahi Spotmatic S1a black
Asahi Pentax H3V chrome
Asahi Spotmatic ESII chrome
Accessories :
Hot shoes, cased clip on meter, cased Super Lite II flash



Wide angle lenses set :
S-M-C Fish Eye Takumar 17/4 (1973-1976)
Fish Eye Takumar 18/11 (1963-1966)
S-M-C Takumar 20/4.5 (1973-1979)
S-M-C Takumar 24/3.5 (1973-1979)
Super-Takumar 28/3.5 V1 (1965-1966)
S-M-C Takumar 28/3.5 (1971-1979)
S-M-C Takumar 35/3.5 (1971-1979)
Super Takumar 35/2 V1 (1966-1968)
S-M-C Takumar 35/2 (1972-1979)
Auto-Takumar 35/2.3 (1959-1962)



Standard lenses :
Super-Takumar 50/1.4 V1 (1964-1966)
SMC Takumar 50/1.4 (1973-1975)
Macro-Takumar 50/4 (1966-1969)
S-M-C Macro Takumar 50/4 (1971-1979)
S-M-C Takumar 55/1.8 (1971-1972)
Auto-Takumar 55/2.2 (1961)





Short telephoto lenses :
Super-Takumar 85/1.9 (1965-1971)
Auto-Takumar 85/1.8 (1960-1962)
S-M-C Takumar 85/1.8 (1973-1979)
S-M-C Bellows Takumar 100/4 (1971-1976)
S-M-C Takumar 105/2.8 (1971-1976)
S-M-C Takumar 120/2.8 (1973-1976)





Medium telephoto lenses :
Takumar 135/3.5 (1962)
S-M-C Takumar 135/3.5 (1971-1979)
S-M-C Takumar 135/2.5 V2 (1973-1979)
S-M-C Takumar 150/4 (1971-1979)





Long telephoto lenses :
Takumar 200/3.5 (1962-1966)
S-M-C Takumar 200/4 (1971-1979)
Super-Takumar 300/4 (1969-1972)
Tele-Takumar 400/5.6 (1968-1971)






24x36 M37 Asahiflex system
Asahiflex IIB (cased)
Asahi Kogaku Takumar 50/3.5 V1 (1953-1954)
Asahi Kogaku Takumar 58/2.4 (1954-1957)




6x7 system
Asahi Pentax 67
Waist Level Finder (cased)
Prism (cased)
S-M-C Takumar/6x7 55/3.5
S-M-C Takumar/6x7 200/4




110 system
Asahi Pentax Auto 110
Pentax-110 18/2.8
Pentax-110 50/2.8
Pentax-110 24/2.8
Some filters, hood for the 50/2.8, 110 film (unopened)




Boxed stuff
Spotmatic box (box only)
Two extension ring sets
Bellows unit
Bellows unit II
Auto Takumar 85/1.8 (lens not in mint condition however)
S-M-C Takumar 135/2.5 V2
Dealer stand (no box)

Film magazine
46mm filter
Body cap
Mount adapter K
Eye cup
Accessory clip




Litterature
Takumar lenses repair manual (reprint)
Asahiflex and the Pre-1959 Asahi Pentax Cameras (Frederick C.Sherfy) - A guide to identification and collection
Asahi Pentax Manual (Morgan publishing)
The Ultimate Asahi Pentax Screwmount Guide
Factory manuals (about Spotmatics, takumar lenses...)

Two Pentax ads, Pentax photography, The register of 35mm SLR cameras, McKeown's price guide to antique and classic Cameras 1997/1998
An other Pentax ad, Pentax photography, Asahi Pentax and Pentax SLR 35mm cameras 1952-1989 (Danilo Cecchi), The Asahi Pentax Way 9ème Edition (1974, Herbert Keppler), Pentax ME Super Book of Photography

And some other documentations






Former post (17/02/09) was :

Today was shiny, so I took all my Takumar lenses and took few shots with my 55/1.4 Tomioka-based Smile

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6


#7


#8


#9


#10


Tele-Takumar 400/5.6 and Auto Takumar 35/2.3 are missing, they shall arrive this week or next week.
Lenses :

  • Fish Eye Takumar 18/11 (1963-1966)
  • S-M-C Takumar 20/4.5 (1973-1979)
  • Super-Takumar 24/3.5 (1969-1972)
  • Super-Takumar 28/3.5 (1966-1971)
  • S-M-C Takumar 35/3.5 (1971-1979)
  • S-M-C Takumar 35/2 (1972-1979)
  • Super-Takumar 50/1.4 (1967-1971)
  • Macro-Takumar 50/4 (1966-1969)
  • S-M-C Macro Takumar 50/4 (1971-1979)
  • S-M-C Takumar 55/1.8 (1971-1972)
  • Auto-Takumar 55/2.2 (1961)
  • S-M-C Takumar 85/1.8 (1973-1979)
  • Super-Takumar 105/2.8 (1962-1971)
  • Takumar 135/3.5 (1962)
  • S-M-C Takumar 135/3.5 (1971-1979)
  • S-M-C Takumar 135/2.5 V2 (1973-1979)
  • S-M-C Takumar 200/4 (1971-1979)
  • Super-Takumar 300/4 (1969-1972)


Very Happy


PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
siriusdogstar wrote:
CarbonR wrote:
[photos] This is one of the 400 SMC Takumar 15/3.5 aspherical that would have been produced in 1975, designed with Zeiss. I saw it only 4 times on Ebay in ~2years and a half. I'm waiting a second one, and this is not a joke Razz


Shocked my dream lens! and you will have TWO soon? Shocked

Very happy for you (somewhat envious too!) Cheers!


Yes, I will have two SMC Takumar 15/3.5 AL in some days. I bought the second just to keep its front cap Razz (I only have a leather Voigtlander for this one, that does not fit very good the hood)


nemesis101 wrote:
You are missing the wonderful 70-150 Super Takumar Zoom!

Shame on you! lol

Doug



I have it since thursday, in near mint condition with its caps, I already bought the special hood some month ago, I'm just lacking its case
Laughing

The 58/2 and the 83/1.9 are also the only one important optical formulae I don't have Smile


PostPosted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taken with the 15/3.5


PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
CarbonR wrote:

Taken with the 15/3.5

Did it dent the roof?? Very Happy


PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is already in a poor state Laughing


PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just finished going through this thread....amazing....it's a wonder there are any Takumars left out there. I am humbled, but my little collection is:
1. Signed copy of Gerjan's "Bible"
2."The Asahi Pentax Way" by Keppler. '74 edition incl ES11 etc.
3.The Asahi Pentax Book. Focal 1975.
4.How To Select & Use Pentax SLR Cameras. Shipman.
5.Various Pentax Instruction sheets/brochures.
6.Black Spotmatic SP11 with case, box, SP11 "handbook".
7.SMC 50mm 1.4. with case & caps, & hood.
8.SMC 50mm Macro " " ".
9.SMC 85mm 1.8 " " "
10SMC 85/210 4.5 Zoom with case, caps, hood, & close up a'ment & box.
11SMC 300 F4 with case & caps.
12Pentax AF200T flash.
13Pentax Auto Ext. Tubes. Cased
14Pentax Macro Focus Rail 111 (boxed)
15Pentax Copipod. Cased.
That's about it....hopefully we"ll see some "additions shortly!
Cheers, Pickles.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's a sweet collection to have, and it's safe to say you have successfully transferred to the dark side - my own particular mania started one Friday evening with a S-M-C 3.5/135 which a friend gave me as part of a bag of free lenses...my signature now speaks for itself Embarassed

pickles wrote:
Just finished going through this thread....amazing....it's a wonder there are any Takumars left out there. I am humbled, but my little collection is:
...

That's about it....hopefully we"ll see some "additions shortly!
Cheers, Pickles.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are some more advanced cases of LBA, I think some of our signatures shows it clearly Razz


PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got :
Takumar 83/1.9
S-M-C Takumar 300/4 (I only had the Super)

Very Happy


PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
CarbonR wrote:
I got :
Takumar 83/1.9
S-M-C Takumar 300/4 (I only had the Super)

Very Happy


Congrats!!


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
pickles wrote:
Just finished going through this thread....amazing....it's a wonder there are any Takumars left out there. I am humbled, but my little collection is:
1. Signed copy of Gerjan's "Bible"
2."The Asahi Pentax Way" by Keppler. '74 edition incl ES11 etc.
3.The Asahi Pentax Book. Focal 1975.
4.How To Select & Use Pentax SLR Cameras. Shipman.
5.Various Pentax Instruction sheets/brochures.
6.Black Spotmatic SP11 with case, box, SP11 "handbook".
7.SMC 50mm 1.4. with case & caps, & hood.
8.SMC 50mm Macro " " ".
9.SMC 85mm 1.8 " " "
10SMC 85/210 4.5 Zoom with case, caps, hood, & close up a'ment & box.
11SMC 300 F4 with case & caps.
12Pentax AF200T flash.
13Pentax Auto Ext. Tubes. Cased
14Pentax Macro Focus Rail 111 (boxed)
15Pentax Copipod. Cased.
That's about it....hopefully we"ll see some "additions shortly!
Cheers, Pickles.

To add to my little "collection", I've just taken delivery of a lovely SMC Pentax M42 17mm F4 Fish Eye, complete with caps & case. Picked up a cased viewfinder magnifier the other day too!
Cheers, Pickles.


PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
So who got the recent 58mm/2 Takumar on ebay at $415?


PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Blue wrote:
So who got the recent 58mm/2 Takumar on ebay at $415?

Not me!
Cheers, Pickles.


PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not me. Too much for a pseudo gold lens, this is obviously not a lens that comes from a golden body : they are much brighter, and full covered with gold, this one had a silver part remaining. My max price for this lens will be around 300€, and not for a wreck at this price. I just have to put the 83mm sonnar on the 5D to have approximatively the same thing as the 58/2 on an APS-C sensor, with a shallower dof Very Happy


PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not I, although I was following the auction - I've sourced one through a contact in much better shape (not gold though, thankfully), which will cost me a very small fraction of that final price. I knew that holding on to the second copy of the Kogaku 3.5/135 would prove useful some day - he's taking it as part payment plus a small sum of cash from me Wink

Blue wrote:
So who got the recent 58mm/2 Takumar on ebay at $415?


PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
CarbonR wrote:
Not me. Too much for a pseudo gold lens, this is obviously not a lens that comes from a golden body : they are much brighter, and full covered with gold, this one had a silver part remaining. My max price for this lens will be around 300€, and not for a wreck at this price. I just have to put the 83mm sonnar on the 5D to have approximatively the same thing as the 58/2 on an APS-C sensor, with a shallower dof Very Happy


That actually looked brass to me. I figured one of the usual suspects out bid me on it. Laughing


PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just got (another) one of these gems mounted on a AP camera.


PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I finally received it : Takumar 300/4, first version Very Happy For the comparison, this is a 3/3 design, 1400g, while the latest Takumar 300/4 (Super & S-M-C) is a 5/5 design, of approx 950g and much shorter Wink


PostPosted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Click here to see on Ebay
Is it someone from here ? As I could buy one in the same condition (complete too) for 365€ with 6 months warranty at a professionnal shop some times ago, I didn't go enough high and I'm only the second Mad


PostPosted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
pickles wrote:
Just finished going through this thread....amazing....it's a wonder there are any Takumars left out there. I am humbled, but my little collection is:
1. Signed copy of Gerjan's "Bible"
2."The Asahi Pentax Way" by Keppler. '74 edition incl ES11 etc.
3.The Asahi Pentax Book. Focal 1975.
4.How To Select & Use Pentax SLR Cameras. Shipman.
5.Various Pentax Instruction sheets/brochures.
6.Black Spotmatic SP11 with case, box, SP11 "handbook".
7.SMC 50mm 1.4. with case & caps, & hood.
8.SMC 50mm Macro " " ".
9.SMC 85mm 1.8 " " "
10SMC 85/210 4.5 Zoom with case, caps, hood, & close up a'ment & box.
11SMC 300 F4 with case & caps.
12Pentax AF200T flash.
13Pentax Auto Ext. Tubes. Cased
14Pentax Macro Focus Rail 111 (boxed)
15Pentax Copipod. Cased.
That's about it....hopefully we"ll see some "additions shortly!
Cheers, Pickles.

As well as the beautiful SMC 17F4 Fish-eye, that I mentioned having "procured" recently, I've just received a lovely SMC Tak 105 2.8, Boxed, with case, caps & hood...a lovely little lens. Oh, & I picked up a nice eye piece magnifier too!..the search goes on!
Cheers, Pickles.
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